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Meet the Artists Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos A regulär guest with North America's top orchestras, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts the St. Louis Symphony, Phila delphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Phil harmonie, and the Cincinnati, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Montreal symphony orch estras in the 2011-12 season. He returns to the New York Philharmonie for the fourth time since 2005. He appears annually at the Tanglewood Music Festival and regu- larly with the National, Chicago, and Toronto symphony orchestras. Born in Burgos, Spain, in 1933, Mr. Frühbeck studied violin, piano, music the- ory, and composition at the conservatories in Bilbao and Madrid. He studied conduct- ing at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize. From 2004-11, he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Dresden Philhar monie, and in the 2012-13 season he begins his post as chief conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Frühbeck has made extensive tours with such ensembles as the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra of Madrid, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has toured North America with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, and the Dresden Philharmonie. awarded a gold medal from the City of Vienna, Germany's Federal Cross of Merit, a gold medal from the International Gustav Mahler Society, and the Jacinto Guerrero Prize, Spain's most important musical award, conferred in 1997 by the queen of Spain. In 1998 Mr. Frühbeck was named conductor emeritus by the Spanish National Orchestra. He received an hon- orary doctorate from the University of Navarra in Spain, and since 1975 he has been a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Mr. Frühbeck has recorded extensively for the EMI, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Spanish Columbia, and Orfeo labels. Several of his recordings are considered to be classics, including his interpretations of Mendelssohn's Elijah and St. Paul, Mozart's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Bizet’s Carmen, and the complete works of Manuel de Falla. Since winning the French Victoires de la Musique for New Talent of the Year in 2001, Gautier Capugon has quickly established himself as one of the leading cellists of his generation. Born in Chambery, France, in 1981, he studied at the Paris Conservatory with Philippe Muller, Annie Cochet-Zakine, and Christophe Egiziano, as well as with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. He won the Cello and Chamber Music Prize at the Con servatory in June 2000 and received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust award in 2004. Gautier Capugon Named Conductor of the Year by Musical America in 2011, he also has been In the 2011-12 season Mr. Capugon makes his debut with the Chicago Symphony
